Optrex TFT LCDs with White LED Backlights

Optrex America Inc. (Plymouth, MI) is presenting its line of TFT LCDs with white LED backlights to meet the increasing demand for LED backlighting in the industrial LCD market. The displays feature an average 60,000-hour lifetime, with front of screen brightness levels ranging from 400 to 700 cd/sq. meter for indoor use and 800 to 1,500 cd/sq. meter for outdoor applications. Additional features include wide viewing angles up to 160º, contrast ratios up to 1,000:1, and wide operating and storage temperature ranges. Available display sizes include 2-, 3-, 3.5-, 4.3-, 5-, 5.7-, 6.5-, 8.4-, 10.4-, 12.1- and 15-in. diagonal, with various resolutions.
The company says its LED-backlit LCDs, compared to CCFL-backlit LCDs, don’t require warmup time at low temperatures, consume less power, exhibit higher dimming ratios and, because they don’t require high-voltage and high-frequency inverter circuits, reduce electro-magnetic interference.
To ease transition from CCFL-backlit displays, many of the LED-backlit displays have the same mounting locations and sizes. Each panel is compatible with Optrex’s conventional CCFL-backlit TFT LCDs of the same size and resolution. The LED backlight rails are also field replaceable.
The LED-backlit LCDs are suitable for such applications as test and measurement; factory automation; navigation and avionics systems; POS and ATM machines; and medical equipment.
Optrex, a designer and manufacturer of flat-panel displays, was formed in 1976 by Asahi Glass and Mitsubishi Electric. Headquartered in Tokyo, Optrex serves customers through an in-field network of applications engineers and more than 100 sales and distribution offices internationally, including Optrex America Inc.
(734) 416-8500; www.optrex.com